All articles by Zach Rosenberg – Page 25

  • Fury 1500
    News

    Fury 1500 demonstrates endurance

    2011-10-07T19:16:00Z

    AME's Fury 1500 has completed a 14h flight, the aircraft's greatest duration thus far, as part of a flight test programme in advance of deployment to an...

  • Rus-M
    News

    Rus-M, successor to Soyuz, cancelled

    2011-10-07T16:05:00Z

    Russian space agency Roscosmos has cancelled the Rus-M launch vehicle programme. Roscosmos leader Vladimir Popovkin, speaking before the Duma (parliament)...

  • K-Max demo - Lockheed Martin
    News

    Unmanned K-Max headed to Afghanistan

    2011-10-05T22:26:00Z

    The US Navy has selected the Kaman/Lockheed Martin K-Max helicopter for an unmanned resupply demonstration in Afghanistan ...

  • Long March Tiangong
    News

    China launches space station test bed

    2011-09-30T20:03:00Z

    China successfully launched the first segment of its space station, Tiangong-1, on 29 September. The Tiangong spacecraft was launched atop a Long March II-F...

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test firing
    News

    SpaceX to build reusable launch vehicle

    2011-09-29T22:30:00Z

    SpaceX has confirmed its intent to build a fully reusable multi-stage launch vehicle. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on 29 September that SpaceX will...

  • SpaceX
    News

    SpaceX to build reusable suborbital craft

    2011-09-26T21:27:00Z

    SpaceX will begin flight testing of a reusable suborbital vehicle called 'Grasshopper' from its McGregor, Texas facility. The Grasshopper will use...

  • News

    Saab to build Talarion computers

    2011-09-22T20:24:00Z

    Cassidian has awarded Saab the job of building crucial avionics equipment for its Talarion unmanned air vehicle ...

  • News

    'Go flight' for SLS

    2011-09-16T12:00:00Z

    After months of speculation, NASA has confirmed the final design of the Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift launch vehicle meant to launch NASA payloads into deep space by 2017.

  • SLS launch
    News

    SLS configuration finalised

    2011-09-14T16:48:00Z

    After months of speculation, NASA has confirmed the final design of the Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift launch vehicle meant to launch NASA payloads...

  • Liberty launcher
    News

    NASA to help ATK develop Liberty launcher

    2011-09-13T21:52:00Z

    NASA has announced an unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with ATK and EADS Astrium to develop the Liberty launch vehicle for the commercial crew development...

  • Blue Origin XA
    News

    Blue Origin booster crashes during test

    2011-09-08T10:00:00Z

    Secretive commercial spaceflight company comes under media scrutiny after suborbital booster New Shepard crashes

  • News

    DARPA releases HTV-2 details

    2011-09-07T15:55:00Z

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released new details about the fate of the Hypersonic Test Vehicle (HTV-2), which crashed into...

  • News

    Gas generator to blame for Soyuz/Progress loss

    2011-08-30T20:46:00Z

    A commission studying the 24 August loss of a Soyuz-U carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) has isolated the faulty component, a gas...

  • shrike
    News

    AeroVironment unveils Shrike quadrotor

    2011-08-30T18:19:00Z

    AeroVironment has revealed a new vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle called the Shrike ...

  • Soyuz Launch
    News

    Soyuz crash as yet unsolved

    2011-08-29T19:13:00Z

    More details have emerged about the causes of the 24 August Soyuz-U malfunction that caused the destruction of its Progress M-12M spacecraft. "[Russian...

  • Harfang - French air force
    News

    France deploys Harfang over Libya

    2011-08-25T18:09:00Z

    The French defence ministry has confirmed using its Harfang unmanned air vehicles over Libya for the first time ...

  • Soyuz Launch
    News

    Russian Progress capsule crashes

    2011-08-24T16:28:00Z

    A Russian Progress spacecraft has crashed in eastern Russia. A Russian Soyuz-U rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan successfully...

  • News

    AUVSI: Fire Scouts complete operational deployment

    2011-08-18T23:00:00Z

    The Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout has returned from its first operational deployment, aboard the USS Halyburton.

  • News

    AUVSI: Second UCAS nearing flight

    2011-08-18T22:00:00Z

    The second Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS) is scheduled to hold its first engine-on tests on August 21.

  • News

    Griffon unveils Outlaw ER

    2011-08-18T21:03:00Z

    Griffon has unveiled the extended-range Outlaw UAV, which is on display at AUVSI.